Why Preserve Cold War Communist Architecture? (55)

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Ian Sanders

Society & Culture, Documentary, History

4.8 • 863 Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2019

⏱️ 55 minutes

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We welcome back Mark Baker from episode 9 where we spoke about his time in 1980s Czechoslovakia. Mark is a freelance journalist & travel writer living in his adopted hometown of Prague. I really recommend his blog which can be found here. Mark has lived in Central Europe for more than two decades and seeks out communist architecture in his home town and further afield. He is the ideal candidate to discuss the question “Why preserve Communist architecture?” Now back to today’s episode. Welcome back Mark Baker! Like what you're hearing? Support the podcast here. Can't wait for the next episode? Visit our discussion group here Support the project! https://coldwarconversations.com/donate/ Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/ColdWarPod Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/coldwarpod/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/coldwarconversations/ Youtube https://youtube.com/@ColdWarConversations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Cold War Conversations, the home of real stories of the Cold War.
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0:41.3	there is no Cold War anymore that they can go back to the buildings that were there
0:45.5	and they can feel a little bit of the coldness in those buildings.
0:49.7	And that's why we preserve architecture to keep our memory of those places intact.
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1:16.1	Today we welcome back Mark Baker from episode 9, where we spoke about his time in 1980s, Czechoslovakia.
1:24.2	Mark is a freelance journalist and travel writer living in his adopted hometown of Prague, where he's lived for more than two decades.
1:32.4	Mark seeks out communist architecture in his hometown and further afield, and is the ideal candidate to discuss the question, why preserve communist architecture?
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2:02.5	menu option to learn more. Thank you so much to all our fans that are supporting us. It is
2:08.4	really appreciated. Now back to today's episode, we welcome back, Mark Baker.
2:29.4	You know, the way that we sort of got into the idea for this episode was I came across your blog post about Carla Vivari and the Hotel Thermal. Do you want to just tell me a bit about
2:37.0	that particular place? Yes, Ian, I think the Hotel Thermal and Carlo Vivari is a great
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